The idea that anybody ever came to Julian Fellowes and said, "Hey, Gosford Park was great and all, but could you make it even longer and more boring, possibly spreading it out over the course of years?" still blows my mind. But, perhaps like many of you, I now get to hear about this show endlessly from my nearest and dearest.

Well darn, I guess I won't be watching Downtown Abbey this evening since it's not about an urban gang turf war as I was told, at least there's that McBain movie staring Michael Ironside and Christopher Walken over on Rifftax - that should have violence in it